The late Zimbabwean television and radio personality, Alyce Chavhunduka will be buried on Monday at Glen Forest Gardens, Harare, Zimbabwe at 3pm.
According to a family spokesperson, Mr Chris Mbanga said a church service will be held at the Anglican cathedral at 1315 hours before burial. MrMbanga said people will leave the family home at number 40, the chase in Mount pleasant at half past 12 in the afternoon. Earlier on 11 January 2014, a memorial service was held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
South African Broadcasting Corporation spokesperson, Mr Kaizer Kganyago said the corporation has sent messages of condolence to the Chavhunduka family in recognition of the fact that she was pioneer in the field of broadcasting and contributed a lot in making sure that, women on television today have courage to continue in the media field. Alyce Chavhunduka, a Zimbabwean-born-journalist; died last Sunday at the age 46, after suffering an epileptic fit at her home in South Africa, a week before her death. She is reported to have been involved in two serious road accidents, one of which left her suffering from these epileptic seizures.
South African media say Alyce was SABC’s first black female television news presenter on the broadcaster’s main channel, then called TV1, and she was also active on radio, hosting a radio programme called the Alyce Chavhunduka Show and also featured on Talk Radio 702 and 94.7 Highveld Stereo.
In her broadcasting career, Alyce Chavunduka worked for Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) before joining South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
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